1887KY Genl. Assembly SenateJrl. 1322, And one-half of said amounts for shots at doves, snipes, plovers, rabbits, field or meadow-larks, or whickers.1906JohnsonHighways Missip. Valley 118 AR, With these domestic sounds was mingled . . the tapping of the “whickers” or yellow hammers, and the clatter and songs of many other birds.1917Wilson Bulletin 29.82 seVA, Burns records the name “wheeler” as being used in Maryland; with the prefix “yallow,” this name is used on Wallops I[slan]d, Va., where we hear also “yallow whicker.”1968–70DARE(Qu. Q17, . . Kinds of woodpeckers) Inf MD45, Flicker—also called yellow whicker [ˈjælə ˌwɪkɚ]; VA43, Ivory-billed whicker; (Qu. Q18, Joking names and nicknames for woodpeckers)VA43, Whicker, billy whicker [FW: prob pileated woodpecker]; VA75, Whicker—nickname for logcock or pileated woodpecker.1970VA Wildlife 31.22 csVA, Disregarding all of the whicker’s protest about his predicament, I took him out of the bag and to my surprise it was a yellow-shafted flicker. Immediately I asked Uncle Walter how the flicker had acquired the name of whicker. His only guess was that it was similar to the flicker’s voice.